Nonvolant

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Incapable of flight. not-comparable

    "Given this ability for long-distance oceanic dispersal, giant tortoises must have been often among the first large, non-volant vertebrates to colonize islands."

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flightlessnonflying

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"Given this ability for long-distance oceanic dispersal, giant tortoises must have been often among the first large, non-volant vertebrates to colonize islands."

Etymology

From non- + volant.

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